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AMANDA: 32-YEAR-OLD OLIVIA DIGGS
WAS A MOTHER OF THREE, WORKING
HARD TO TURN HER LIFE AROUND AND
LIVING IN A CHURCH-OWNED
SHELTER.
IN AUGUST, SHE WAS MURDERED, HER
BODY FOUND DISMEMBERED IN LAKE
UNDERHILL.
46-YEAR-OLD RAFAEL GONZALEZ IS
CHARGED WITH THE CRIME.
DETECTIVES SAY HE MET DIGGS ON A
LYNX BUS THE DAY THE MEDICAL
EXAMINER SAYS DIGGS DIED
POLICE ARRESTED GONZALEZ AFTER
SEVERAL DAYS OF COLLECTING
EVIDENCE FROM HIS HOME, WHICH
THEY SAY INCLUDED BLOOD FROM THE
FLOORBOARDS OF HIS BEDROOM THAT
MATCHED DIGGS' BLOOD.
NOW, A NEW BATCH OF COURT
DOCUMENTS REVEAL YET ANOTHER
DEVELOPMENT IN THE CASE.
THE REPORT SAYS A FELLOW JAI
INMATE OF GONZAELZ'S, WHOSE NAME
IS REDACTED, CALLED CRIMELINE
FROM THE JAIL.
THE INMATE ALLEGEDLY CLAIMED
GONZALEZ SPOKE ABOUT RAPING THE
VICTIM, THEN PUNCHING HER IN THE
FACE.
WHEN HE REALIZED THE VICTIM WAS
DEAD, HE BEGAN TO DISMEMBER HER
USING A MACHETE AND LITTLE HAND
SA
THE INFORMANT ALSO CLAIMS
GONZALEZ TOLD HIM HE PUT HER
BODY PIECES IN TRASH BAGS AND
TOOK HER TO A NEARBY LAKE HOPING
THE ALLIGATORS WOULD EAT HER
REMAINS.
THE LATEST DOCUMENTS INCLUDE
INTERVIEWS WITH GONZALEZ DURING
WHICH HE FREQUENTLY CHANGES HIS
VERSION OF EVENTS THE DAY HE MET
DIGGS.
NOW ACCORDING TO THE VERBATIM OF
THEIR INTERVIEW, AT ONE POINT
DETECTIVES ASK GONZALEZ TO
EXPLAIN THE BLOOD ON HIS BEDROOM
FLOOR, AND GONZALEZ FIRST AS
THE DETECTIVES WHOS BLOOD THEY
ARE REFERRING TO, AND THEN SAYS
HE WANTS TO CALL HIS ATTORNEY.
AS FOR DIGG'S CHILDREN, THEY
WERE INITIALLY PLACED IN THE
CARE OF DC

According to just-released documents, a Crimeline tip from a jail inmate is giving Orlando police a better understanding of the events that led up to the gruesome murder and dismemberment of a local mother of three.

Rafael Gonzalez, 46, is in the Orange County jail on charges he murdered Olivia Diggs, 32, in August. Diggs' body was found dismembered in Lake Underhill.

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Police said an inmate who is in jail for robbery was being held in a cell next to Gonzalez and claims Gonzalez spoke to him about raping the victim and then punching her in the face.

The inmate, who called Crimeline to report the tip, also said Gonzalez told him that when he realized the victim was dead, he began to dismember her using a machete and a small hand saw.

The latest documents go on to reveal detectives later got the inmate to agree to wear a jumpsuit with a small recorder, but during 20 hours of recording, Gonzalez never spoke to the inmate about the victim.

According to the original arrest affidavit, Gonzalez met Diggs on a Lynx bus on Aug. 19, the day authorities believe she died.

Gonzalez and Diggs got together that night at his home and one of Gonzalez's roommates told detectives he heard a struggle in the bedroom. Investigators would later find blood in the floor that they said came from Diggs.

Diggs' right arm and other body parts were found in Lake Underhill on Aug. 22.